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Interiora is a death metal/grindcore band from Catanzaro, Italy, active since 2013 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Interitus Dei is a death metal band from Bremen, Germany, active since 1995, making them one of the Hanseatic city's most enduring death metal acts. Three decades of commitment to extreme metal have cemented the band as a fixture of northern Germany's underground.
Interium is a death/groove metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2002. The band released their debut album "Igreja do Diabo" in October 2002, followed by "Quando a Morte Chama" in September 2004, with a lineup featuring Leandro Thompson on vocals, Bruno Mainardi on guitars, and Lino on bass. They remain active as an independent act rooted in the Rio de Janeiro underground metal scene.
Death metal band from Paimio in southwestern Finland, active since 2007 — nearly two decades of death metal from the Varsinais-Suomi region.
Internal Aeon is a industrial death metal band from Karcag, Hungary, active since 2013 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Internal Bleeding is a death metal band from Rome, Italy, active since 2025 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Internal Decay is a death metal band from Munich, Germany, active since 1993, ranking among Bavaria's longest-running death metal outfits with over three decades of uncompromising heaviness. The band channels Munich's diverse musical landscape into crushing, veteran-level death metal.
Internal Decay was a thrash/death metal band from Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 1994 and now split-up. The band released a four-track demo in 1996, representing the band's sole known recorded output from their active years in the mid-1990s Brazilian underground metal scene.
Internal Excavation is a death/thrash metal/crossover band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2013 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
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